Stalkers RPG General Chat Thread (Emissary Clubhouse)

[Truly]

Hi guys, I'm hiring a mercenary. I'm going for one of the big expensive ones.

I wanted some advice on species, as well as on perk and trait... I was thinking something dual type that covers my weakness, but also would be strong against a lot of NPCs. Right now I'm considering Scrafty, Whiscash, and Breloom. (Wait... I keep forgetting I'm not water-type anymore!)

I am considering Medicine or Seinaru. I think Medicine would be really good to have to be able to heal ourselves (or just myself) after every battle. But having Seinaru could mean sending my mercenary to revive us as we inevitably die.

Maybe Lita could get a companion with Seinaru? Because she prefers to stay in, having a Seinaru guy to send around and do resurrections could be really handy. But I'm not 100% sure that's worth the money - because she likes to stay in, Lita is less likely to get attacked. Still, a pocket-Seinaru who can also Forge could be a very handy support.

I could also hire a Mercenary with Repair. If I remember correctly, we currently only have one Repair Emissary, though I'm not sure if we'll actually need a lot more Repairing now that the altar is repaired.

[Lychee]

Hi guys, I'm hiring a mercenary. I'm going for one of the big expensive ones.

I wanted some advice on species, as well as on perk and trait... I was thinking something dual type that covers my weakness, but also would be strong against a lot of NPCs. Right now I'm considering Scrafty, Whiscash, and Breloom. (Wait... I keep forgetting I'm not water-type anymore!)

I am considering Medicine or Seinaru. I think Medicine would be really good to have to be able to heal ourselves (or just myself) after every battle. But having Seinaru could mean sending my mercenary to revive us as we inevitably die.

Maybe Lita could get a companion with Seinaru? Because she prefers to stay in, having a Seinaru guy to send around and do resurrections could be really handy. But I'm not 100% sure that's worth the money - because she likes to stay in, Lita is less likely to get attacked. Still, a pocket-Seinaru who can also Forge could be a very handy support.

I could also hire a Mercenary with Repair. If I remember correctly, we currently only have one Repair Emissary, though I'm not sure if we'll actually need a lot more Repairing now that the altar is repaired.

I would suggest a merc with high hp- therefore, a late evolutionary stage.

The types super effective against poison types are ground and psychic, so we want something supereffective against those. I propose water to cover ground, and bug to cover psychic. A large water/bug pokemon; Araquanid.

I dont know if mercs can be emissaries of mew- therefore they might not be able to access the heavenly powers of seinaru! So, I would go with medicine. I think it's good to have a buddy around who can heal! Or, since hes an upgraded guy, you can literally have him hang at base and spam heal other pokemon who come in!

"the more elite mercenary you hire now has a perk (your choice), two Abilities (your choice), and a Trait (your choice). With this, you can also deploy them toward different locations or do different tasks."

So here it says they also get two abilities and a trait. I would advise either lucky (longer survival) or resourceful (send him out scavenging to make money) as a trait. Given how damn hard it is to get people to do forge, having forge ability is probably handy? If you're happy to not have them with you, the investigate ability is severely lacking in our team- but I think you ought to keep him with you (in case Neo realises that ekans is a small pokemon and therefore shouldn't really have 12HP).
If he learns rescue/escape, you'll become a one-man rescue team which honestly doesnt sound too bad!

So, my advice is;
Araquanid (large, bug/water)
With
Lucky, Medicine, Rescue/Escape, Investigate
(To often be by your side, heal, or be finding stalkers)

Or

Resourceful, Seinaru, Forge, Clairvoyance
(To make money/equipment/visit shops, revive people, and find lots of stuff we are missing)